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19 September 2021
Rio Tinto to triple Weipa solar capacity and add battery storage to help power operations
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto has approved a new solar farm and battery storage at Weipa in Queensland, in a move that will more than triple the local electricity network’s solar generation capacity and help provide cleaner power to Rio Tinto’s operations. Under the plans, EDL has been contracted to build, own and operate a 4MW solar plant and 4MW/4MWh of battery storage a
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16 September 2021
Rio Tinto and WA Government's Pilbara vaccination blitz commences
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive Simon Trott joined WA Health Minister Roger Cook today to open the Tom Price COVID-19 vaccination clinic aimed at boosting vaccination rates in the Pilbara, Western Australia. The clinic, set up in partnership with Rio Tinto, WA’s Department of Health, WA Country Health Service and the Shire of Ashburton, will operate
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16 September 2021
Rio Tinto statement on penalty assessment
MELBOURNE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On 2 March 2021 the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) issued Rio Tinto Limited with amended assessments related to the denial of interest deductions on an isolated borrowing used to pay an intragroup dividend in 2015. The borrowing was repaid in 2018. The ATO has today issued further assessments in relation to the same transaction levying penalties of A$352m (US$25
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